Cold | cars burner

Posts Tagged ‘cold’

Baby, It’s Cold Outside for Mini Es

Jan 26, 2010 Object

Some participants of the Mini E lease program living in the Northeast are experiencing reduced range due to the cold weather — a problem that Mini acknowledges.

Read more here:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside for Mini Es

Tags: automobiles, california, cold, collectible cars, img-alt, mini, need-large, real-estate, reduced-range

Obama’s smart grid funding leaves California out in the cold

Oct 27, 2009 Object

Filed under: Energy, Technology

President Barack Obama announced today that he is pushing out $3.4 billion in stimulus spending to fund the development and construction of the much vaunted “smart grid.” Significant portions of the funding will go toward subsidizing so-called smart electrical meters for large utilities. Utilities in Florida and Maryland are set to get multi-hundred million dollar grants to underwrite smart meters and other infrastructure upgrades.

But a quick read of the stimulus list implies that the government will inadvertently penalize some utilities that have already moved quickly to build smart meter programs. The biggest loser of all? California. Big utilities in the Golden State got more or less shut of funding awards from Washington D.C. on this round, according to blog Earth2Tech.

Continue reading Obama’s smart grid funding leaves California out in the cold

Obama’s smart grid funding leaves California out in the cold originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Read the original here:
Obama’s smart grid funding leaves California out in the cold

Tags: a-bright-future, cold, energy, entry, florida, golden-state, holiday-parties, more-or-less, norway, power, smart, stimulus, technology, utilities, world

5 Tips for Cleaning for Fall

Sep 12, 2009 Object

When the days start getting shorter and your thoughts turn to sitting around the fireplace instead of standing around the outdoor grill, it’s time to invest a weekend on fall cleaning. You’ll be glad you did when you hunker down for the cold weather.